On a windswept Cork farm, hi-tech cow collars track animal health and solar panels glint on the milking parlour's roof, as Ireland tries to reduce its agricultural carbon footprint.

IRELAND HAS ONE of the lowest rates of organic farming of EU member states and one of the weakest targets for its expansion in the coming years, a new report has identified. The European Court of ...

Carbon farming recognises the capacity of farmers through appropriate land-based activities to remove carbon from the atmosphere or reduce GHG emissions from the soil. Carbon farming recognises the ...

Deelside Farm in Delvin, Co Westmeath, is a partnership in every sense of the word. The 111-hectare farm has been in Tony McCormack's family for generations, but a few years ago he decided off-farm ...

Centuries of overgrazing and deforestation have eliminated most native flora in Ireland, creating what ecologists see as a man-made desert in places. A growing “rewilding” push aims to change that. By ...

Irish holidaymakers bemoaning the high costs of a staycation in Ireland can now enjoy a free holiday, if they are willing to get their hands dirty that is. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms ...

A wind energy lobby group has warned that a judicial review is a virtual inevitability for anyone hoping to develop a wind farm in Ireland. It comes as proposals by two major wind energy developers ...

Dogs Trust is hoping to gather 15,000 signatures on its new online petition that calls for an end to puppy farming in Ireland. "We can stop these horrific puppy farms and the illegal sale of dogs in ...

In one of the worst years for farming in Ireland that Johnny Lynch has ever experienced, he also signed a two year contract with Aldi Ireland, to supply the supermarket chain with 1 million euro worth ...